almost ready

Some time in the last 24 or 48 hours, I looked around and realized that we are really almost ready for Critter to arrive. I have a couple of loads of laundry to do (including a whole mess of new baby stuff from the mini baby shower that Starbucks threw for me today!) and some general house litter that needs to get put away, but the apartment is really almost baby-prepped! I think I'll be done getting ready, and then I'll put up a photo-tour of how everything is arranged. THEN the trick will be not to mess it up again while waiting for the birth! :)

we have a library!

I figured that since I am very friendly to the idea of taking baby walks (especially since some tiny folks don't seem to be able to take their naps without going for walks sometimes!) I'd better see if there is a library near us for a walk destination. There IS!

It is pretty darn cool for a small-town library, and includes two rooms off to the side where Alex and/or I can sit unobtrusively with a baby. If they don't have books that we want, they are part of a borrowing-books system, so they can get them from another library.

We went and got library cards today, and to start with, Alex got a book by Dan Simmons (one of his favorite authors) and I got a big fat book AND an awesome CD and book kit for learning Italian. I am planning on listening to the CDs while I take many walks on my maternity leave, and reading this giant book when I'm too tired/lazy to take walks. :)

been a while, eh?

So, we have introduced individual accounts for Alex and me. You will now know who is talking, and when! Nobody quite knows what we're going to be posting here, but you can expect general Life News, info about Alex's work, and about Melissa's goings-on at home. (Her work life is at www.thestarbucksdiaries.blogspot.com --top secret, naturally.) Hooray!